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Arrest and search.

Identity Cards.

Dis-

ciplinary powers of Registra- tion Com-

missioner.

Offences.

(a) arrest and bring before a magistrate any pen whom he has reason to suspect of having contravenedor attempted to contravene any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any Rules made hereunder;

(b) search the person and property and effects of any person whom it is lawful for such officer to detain or arrest: Provided that a female shall be searched by a female, and that no person shall be searched in a public place if he objects to being so searched;

(c) search any place in which such officer has reason to suspect that there may be anything which may be evidence of any contravention or intended contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any Rules made hereunder or which may belong to or be in the possession of or under the sole or partial control of any person whom it is lawful for such officer to detain or arrest and take and carry away any such thing.

10.

(1) The Registration Commissioner shall issue Identity Cards to all persons whose names and particulars have been entered in the Register.

(2) Each Identity Card shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

Registration

(3) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to call for and to cancel the Identity Card of any person whose name he deletes from the Register in accordance with section 6 hereof.

11.

It shall be lawful for the Registration Commissioner to dismiss without notice and without formal enquiry any Registrar, Assistant Registrar or subordinate member of the Department of the Registration Commissioner whom he is satisfied has been guilty of misconduct or has been negligent or inefficient in the performance of his duty.

12.

(1) Any person who fails to apply to be registered under section 4 or section 5, or who obstructs any Order made under section 4; or

(2) Any person who fails to comply with a requirement for the taking of fingerprint impressions or of photographs made under section 7 of this Ordinance, or who obstructs any such requirement; or

(3) Any person who fails to comply with a summons or requirement of a Registration Officer made under section 8 of this Ordinance; or

(4) Any person who commits forgery of any document, provision for which is made in this Ordinance or in Rules made hereunder; or

(5) Any person who without lawful authority, makes any mark or entry upon, or erases, cancels or alters any mark or entry contained in, or otherwise defaces or destroys an Identity Card, or transfers an Identity Card; or

(6) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse knowingly obtains or is in possession of more than one Identity Card or is in possession of an

Identity Card other than his own; or

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writing, which is false in any material particular and which he either knows or has reason to believe is false; or

(8) Any person who resists or obstructs a Registration Officer or a police officer in the performance of his duties under this Ordinance or of Rules made hereunder or who resists or obstructs any detention, arrest, search, seizure or removal which is authorized by this Ordinance; or

(9) Any person who falsely pretends that he is a Registration Officer or other officer appointed by virtue of this Ordinance; or

(10) Any person who, without lawful authority, purports to perform the functions of a Registration Officer or other officer appointed by virtue of this Ordinance; or

(11) Any person who attempts to commit or who aids and abets or who commands, procures and counsels any person to commit any offence made punishable by this section;

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

13. (1) The Governor in Council may from time to time Rules. make rules for the purposes following or any of them :-